[UltraMagneticAL]

This beauty arrived yesterday!!!! Unfortunately my car's at the body shop so i can't install it just yet, so here's some teaser photos before it goes in. i may also do a before/after dyno run to confirm if any gains are realized...and of course before/after videos for sound.












EDIT: Now w/ Video -

EDITx2: Now w/ Dyno -

[LBBDrew]

Gorgeous! What's the price in USD?

Edit - just found it on TMS for $2400. Ouch!

[Orange fever]

looks sick but not for 2400.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Looks great, congrats!!

[///MIKE M]

Love Gruppe M!!

Had one on my E46 M3 for years!!

I just wish the price was more reasonable...I thought the Eventuri intake was crazy at $1,000ish.

[twin fed]

Does it have a hole to insert your junk into for that much money??

[UltraMagneticAL]

Spending 2k for an intake and 6k for the akra exhaust, the ratios seem right, albeit it's times a factor of ten compared to when i built Japanese cars in college lol. It's the only intake i saw that's full cf and includes cf isolation chamber. I think i saw a thread talking about the heat soak from exposed filters like eventuri and bms etc. Since i haven't seen anyone post about the GruppeM, I'll gladly take one for the team to report my findings haha

[toastie]

Modding is to each his own, +1 UltraMagneticAL for this mod, it will look gorgeous.

[DrKevM5]

Can't wait for pics

[twin fed]

AFE just released a closed filter system, it's plastic w/cf trim (big deal) and it's almost $700. It looks pretty nice though. Anyone try that yet?

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by twin fed

AFE just released a closed filter system, it's plastic w/cf trim (big deal) and it's almost $700. It looks pretty nice though. Anyone try that yet?

Just posted it on the first page

Its less than $700

[UltraMagneticAL]

Initial impressions: it sounds cool. The butt dyno doesn't feel any significant difference. however, i haven't driven the car for two weeks so i don't remember what stock feels like.

Dyno run with video to come next week-ish

[toastie]

Originally Posted by UltraMagneticAL

Initial impressions: it sounds cool. The butt dyno doesn't feel any significant difference. however, i haven't driven the car for two weeks so i don't remember what stock feels like.

Dyno run with video to come next week-ish

Let us know if you get the dreaded CEL.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Initial impressions: it sounds cool. The butt dyno doesn't feel any significant difference. however, i haven't driven the car for two weeks so i don't remember what stock feels like.

Dyno run with video to come next week-ish[/QUOTE]

Intake will not add any significant power on its own ... i would not expect anything more than ~5-10 whp

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by toastie

Let us know if you get the dreaded CEL.

CEL should not be a problem with closed air intakes

[UltraMagneticAL]

Originally Posted by mike@x-ph.com

Intake will not add any significant power on its own ... i would not expect anything more than ~5-10 whp

Yup. Not expecting much, if any, gains for just the intake alone. But no one has posted any numbers for this intake at all. So just want to make the concrete numbers available since I'm documenting each mod i do.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by UltraMagneticAL

Yup. Not expecting much, if any, gains for just the intake alone. But no one has posted any numbers for this intake at all. So just want to make the concrete numbers available since I'm documenting each mod i do.

[Dimis]

That intake looks amazing i was looking at the eventuri one but was afraid of heat soaking with such open design this one looks to have solved the issue, cant wait for your video OP to hear the sound. Performance wise no intake really gives anything, you buy it for the sound and the looks any performance gains i don't think can be felt.

[Bimmer28312]

Sooo.. where's the video??

[UltraMagneticAL]

Originally Posted by Bimmer28312

Sooo.. where's the video??

I have one but the passenger taking the video kept laughing at how good it felt lol. Will try to get one alone or for sure when i get the dyno done.

[UltraMagneticAL]

here's a quick video i stitched together while running errands today. sorry it took a while, but its been raining and i couldn't get a proper recording.

i will make another video when it's on the dyno and if i get some time to do some spirited canyon carving.

[LBBDrew]

UltraMagneticAL Thanks for the video, sounds so good! I'm hoping my Injen sounds the same and doesn't throw a CEL. Fingers crossed. I love the sound of my FI exhaust and hoping the intake doesn't overpower. What're your thoughts there since you also have an exhaust? Cheers